According to information released by journalist Shams Charania, from Athletic, last Sunday (14), Draymond Green could return to the National Basketball Association (NBA) this Monday (15) in a match against the Memphis Grizzlies. However, the news has not yet been confirmed.
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Speculation of the player’s return would end the punishments applied by the NBA at the end of last year. However, it would also be a way to increase the dynamics and performance of the match since there are two athletes who are injured and will be absent from the next matches.
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Even though he was not present at the matches, Draymond Green was in the audience supporting the Golden State Warriors and his teammates. And according to Steve Kerr, the team’s coach, this fact has helped to strengthen the athletes’ functioning, motivating them in a different way.
“Draymond is a great help on the bench, he talks to the guys during breaks, during the game. He has a great sense of the game and personnel. He was talking to Jonathan Kuminga about how to protect certain guys, what direction to send them. So Draymond is a big help and I’m looking forward to getting him back.”
The decision applied by the NBA on the player was due to numerous aggressive actions, but mainly due to the action taken against Jusuf Nurkic in the match against the Phoenix Suns, in December. However, this is not the first punishment the athlete has received, at the beginning of the season, Draymond Green applied a rear naked choke to Rudy Gobert while playing against the Minnesota Timberwolves.